10.2% ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Carey Park · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Carey Park
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 70% of workers in Carey Park drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While the area has a high number of transport stops, very few people actually use public transport or work from home compared to the rest of the country.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 5.0%. For those who do own cars, the most common arrangement is one vehicle per household at 45.3%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Carey Park, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and No vehicle (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 1.2% of people commute using public transport, a figure that is well below the state average. Working from home is also very rare here, at just 2.0%, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%.
2.0% ▲ +3.4%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -57.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 1.2%
Share of employed people who got to work by train, bus, ferry or tram/light rail as their only method of travel on census day.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Carey Park has 50 public transport stops and 14 routes, which is much higher than most similar areas. Despite this access, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Western Australian average.
50
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.70
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
671.0
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).
14
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Residents enjoy a very short walk to the nearest stop, taking only 3 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. However, the drive time to the city is 104 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
3
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
104
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
- Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Carey Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50261/carey-park/topic/transport